Tuesday, July 26, 2011

So we moved in in October 2010. As you can see from the nine month gap in postings, the house became a home and getting it liveable became the priority. We also ran into some serious problems with our builder which made the whole process of getting into the house strained and difficult. The joy and excitement of the blog was overshadowed by long complicated emails to the builder, the subs and finally to lawyers. However, we love the house and are settling in well to it. It is, as hoped, a wonderful family house.

ikea doors as white board

I have been taking process shots all along the way and will add them as chronologically as I can. We are about to embark on the landscaping (!) so I will also post some discussion of my inspirations and how that design process is going.

deep window frames make great dollhouses

The pictures in this post all show the ways that the kids have modified the house to make it theirs.

About Us

I moved from the west to the great midwest in 2009. I live in the northern reaches of the Chicago area, work at Northwestern, and make art early in the morning before my kids wake up. I come into the city to read the Archive and will until I finish it. It is teaching me about Chicago and giving me a lot to make work about.